Dear Parents, Guardians and Friends This week has indeed been a “busy news week” with regards trips and events. It is lovely to see these activities up and running again after such a long break! Last week, our Year 7 students were able to take part in the annual visit...

Dear Parents, Guardians and Friends I hope your week is going smoothly – feels like anything is good compared to the misery and suffering the people of Ukraine are enduring. Last week, the history department created an informative presentation on the background to the...

The Big Clear Up! Welcome back to everyone after an enforced extended half term – which did leave our wonderful site team with some clearing up to do…Whilst the decision to close the school was difficult, it certainly proved to be the correct one as the day unfolded,...

Dear Parents, Guardians and Friends, With the final week of this half term almost coming to a close, the events and activities at The Holt are still in full swing. Our Year 10 and 11 drama students had a theatre company called Paper Birds deliver a workshop in...

Dear Parent, Guardians and Friends, Spring is in the air… it has been lovely to see the daffodils blooming, blue sky above and our students having such a lovely time both within our school grounds and out and about in the community. Last week, our Year 10 spinners...

Dear Parents, Guardians and Friends Can you design and build a structure to protect 3 digestive biscuits from the force of a weight dropped from a height out of only paper and glue? That was the design challenge set for our Year 8 students on Technology Day on Monday....

Dear Parents, Guardians and Friends I think I may have mentioned last year that January frequently heads the list of people’s least favourite month according to many polls. It certainly brings its share of challenges in its frosty air and under dark skies, but at The...

Dear Parents, Guardians and Friends Mrs Kennedy and I always like to start the new term by leading the first assembly. This term our theme was kindness, in line with our school strap line of Be kind, Aim high, Work hard. We talked about what kindness is, what it can...

Dear Parent, Guardians and Friends Welcome to the Spring term! Last week we carried out lateral flow testing for all year groups over two days. The turnout rate was approximately 70% across the year groups so thank you for encouraging your daughter/son to attend. We...

Please find the latest blog post created by Sian Lehrter, School Business Director linked below: Christmas SLT Blog Have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year from everyone at The Holt School!